Reversible mop

Abstract

An improved reversible dust mop cover comprises overlying sections of mop cover material having tufted yarns or other mopping medium exposed on both sides thereof. The cover is open on one end, closed along two sides, and its other end is formed by an integral fold line that connects the overlying sections. The cover is made by folding an elongated strip of mop cover material onto itself and securing the two aligned edges of the folded strip together while leaving the end detached. Access openings are formed in the top and bottom sections of the pouch to provide access to the handle receiving bar of a mop frame inserted into the pouch. In use, the mop cover is installed on a mop frame and used until one side becomes soiled whereupon the mop cover is removed and reversed so that the unsoiled side can be used to continue mopping.

I claim: 
     
       1. A method of making a reversible mop cover adapted to be removably installed from one end of an elongated mop frame having a central mop handle receiving bar, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an elongated strip of mop cover material having a length substantially double the length of the finished mop cover to be made, said strip of mop cover material having longitudinally extending opposed side edges, including a first side edge, and a second side edge joined at their ends by end edges extending substantially perpendicular to said first side edge and to said second side edge, the mop cover material having a front surface provided with a mopping medium and a back surface opposite the front surface;   (b) selecting a substantially laterally extending fold line on the strip of mop cover material, said fold line positioned approximately midway between the end edges of the strip extending from the first side edge to the second side edge of the mop cover material and in a direction substantially parallel to the end edges, the fold line separating said strip of mop cover material into first and second sections;   (c) folding the strip of mop cover material onto itself, in a direction transverse to the first and second side edges of said strip of mop cover material along the fold line so that the first section of the strip overlies the second section of the strip with the side and end edges of the sections being substantially aligned and with the mopping medium being exposed on both sides of the folded strip;   (d) securing each of the side edges of the first section of the strip of mop cover material to the corresponding substantially aligned side edges of the second section of the strip while leaving the substantially aligned end edges of the sections detached to form an elongated mop cover having a pocket configuration defining one end entirely open and adapted to be received onto the frame of a mop from an end of the frame; and   (e) forming an access opening in the first section of the strip and forming an access opening in the second section of the strip, the access openings being aligned one with the other and being positioned on the sections to provide access to the mop handle receiving bar of a mop frame onto which the mop cover has been fully received.   
     
     
       2. The method of claim 1 and where in step (a) the mopping medium comprises a field of tufted yarn fixed to the front surface of the strip. 
     
     
       3. The method of claim 1 and where in step (a) the mopping medium comprises a plurality of pre-formed yarn fringe strips secured to the front surface of the strip. 
     
     
       4. The method of claim 1 and wherein step (e) further comprises serging the perimeter of the access openings formed in the first and second sections to strengthen the openings and inhibit unraveling of the mop cover material in the vicinity of the access openings. 
     
     
       5. The method of claim 1 and wherein step (d) comprises sewing the aligned first and second side edges of the first and second sections together along their lengths. 
     
     
       6. The method of claim I and further comprising the step of securing a strip of fringe yarns along at least a portion of the length of each of the side edges of the elongated strip of mop cover material to provide yarn manes along the side edges of the mop cover. 
     
     
       7. The method of claim 6 and wherein the strips of fringe yarns are secured along the lengths of the opposed side edges of one of the sections of the elongated strip of mop cover material. 
     
     
       8. The method of claim 7 and wherein the strips of fringe yarns are secured prior to step (c).